These happiness surveys are bunk. How do you determine if someone is happy, or not? By trying to place something as complex and multi-faceted as happiness into a single distinct emotional category we are doing it a great disservice. Should the joy of spending time with a loving family be considered the same as schadenfreude?

Also, how do you tell if someone is happy or not? You can't go by what they say, since they might not be being honest (and may not be aware of whether or not they're being honest). Even then, people are happy one day, sad the next, for all manner of reasons.

teenage mutant ninja rapist:SirMadness: We live next to the Lindsay Lohan of countries...and we're lead by the George W. Bush of the prairies...(only semi-intelligent, and therefore capable of much greater havoc.)

I'm flabbergasted that we got ranked that high.

Thank god someone else gets the W comparison.pretty much the same policy wise.

fark harper in his stupid ass.

Obviously neither of you live in a province led by the NDP. Compared to the rest of the world our economy is doing really well. Our public health system is miles above most other countries. Canada consistently ranks among the top places to live. We're not losing banks at a record pace. Hell our top banker went to Britian to try and fix the issues there. If you think Harper is doing a shaitty job you weren't very aware of the country s situation when the Libs or Dems were in power.

sleeps in trees:hitmanric: teenage mutant ninja rapist: SirMadness: We live next to the Lindsay Lohan of countries...and we're lead by the George W. Bush of the prairies...(only semi-intelligent, and therefore capable of much greater havoc.)

I'm flabbergasted that we got ranked that high.

Thank god someone else gets the W comparison.pretty much the same policy wise.

fark harper in his stupid ass.

Obviously neither of you live in a province led by the NDP. Compared to the rest of the world our economy is doing really well. Our public health system is miles above most other countries. Canada consistently ranks among the top places to live. We're not losing banks at a record pace. Hell our top banker went to Britian to try and fix the issues there. If you think Harper is doing a shaitty job you weren't very aware of the country s situation when the Libs or Dems were in power.

Martin kicked ass and pulled us out of the Mulroney debacle. As for the NDP, as a BCer I still have a bad taste in my mouth over them.

I'm sure your news has covered all the fine stories that our NDP leaders keep us in the news with. As someone who still has close ties to north west BC that area seems very polarized attitudes towards the elected officials both before and after the last election. Mostly over pipeline issues.